They, too, wanted a Superman-centric series with Superman fresh out of Smallville, learning to be Superman. So the series was originally developed for Cartoon Network, then they passed and Kids' WB! stepped in. Superman as part of the Legion worked for them. The true origin of the series came out of Cartoon Network's desire to have a Superman-centric series to premiere when the movie Superman Returns premiered. Supergirl was never, ever going to be in the Legion. The Legion series was never tied to the Justice League Unlimited episode. However, series producer James Tucker clarified that Legion's show was deliberately created from scratch: Development history Ī few months before Legion of Super Heroes premiered, the Legion appeared in the Justice League Unlimited episode 'Far From Home.' The episode featured Supergirl travelling to the future and joining the Legion, leading audiences to think that it was intended to serve as a back-door pilot establishing a premise for the Legion show, and that it would be a DCAU spinoff. The series was cancelled after its second season. It also had its own tie-in spin-off comic book series that lasted 20 issues. Continuity is internally consistent but is not shared with any previous incarnation of the Legion, either animated or in print. The series drew on the rich history of the Legion of Super-Heroes, taking inspiration from stories set during all time periods of the team's nearly 50-year history in comics.

The show was produced by one of its main character designers James Tucker, a co-producer of the Justice League Unlimited series, for the Kids' WB line on The CW network. It debuted on September 23, 2006, and centers on a young Superman's adventures in the 31st century, fighting alongside the eponymous group of superheroes. Animation, adapted from the DC Comics series of the same name. Legion of Super Heroes is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Betsy McGowen, David Wiebe (season 1) and Ian Richter (season 2) (for Kids' WB).

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